Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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